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Oceania was first explored by Europeans from the 16th century onwards. Portuguese navigators, between 1512 and 1526, reached the Moluccas (by António de Abreu and Francisco Serrão in 1512), Timor , the Aru Islands (Martim A. Melo Coutinho), the Tanimbar Islands , some of the Caroline Islands (by Gomes de Sequeira in 1525), and west Papua New ...
The list below includes all sites located geographically within Oceania, and is constructed without reference to UNESCO's statistical divisions. [8] The list comprises a number of sites for which the state party is outside the region, but the site itself is located in Oceania; this includes sites belonging to Chile (Rapa Nui National Park), France (Lagoons of New Caledonia and Taputapuātea ...
Pages in category "Archaeological sites in Oceania" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
Pages in category "History of Oceania" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Slide Mountain Ocean, the Mesozoic ocean between the ancient Intermontane Islands (that is, Wrangellia) and North America; South Anuyi Ocean, Mesozoic ocean related to the formation of the Arctic Ocean; Tethys Ocean, the ocean between the ancient continents of Gondwana and Laurasia; Thalassa Ocean, the eastern part of the early Mesozoic ...
Oceania Kimban orogeny: 1.84 1.70 Oceania Cornian orogeny: 2 1.86 Oceania Miltalie orogeny: 1.95 Oceania Yapungku orogeny: 1.76 Oceania Albany-Fraser orogeny: 1.71 1.02 Oceania Mangaroon orogeny: 1.68 1.62 Oceania Isan orogeny: 1.60 Oceania Kararan orogeny: 1.57 1.55 Oceania Olarian orogeny: 1.45 Oceania Capricorn orogeny: 1.3 Oceania Musgrave ...
The rock art of First Australians is the longest continuously practiced artistic tradition in the world. These sites, found in Arnhem Land, Australia, are divided into three periods: Pre-Estuarine (c. 40,000?–6000 BC), Estuarine (c. 6000 BC–500 AD), and Fresh Water (c. 500 AD–present).
Hutton Webster's 1919 book Medieval and Modern History also considered Oceania to encompass all islands in the Pacific, stating that, "the term Oceania, or Oceanica, in its widest sense applies to all the Pacific Islands." Webster broke Oceania up into two subdivisions; the continental group, which included Australia, the Japanese archipelago ...